Hana Levi Julian

1 week ago | jewishpress.com | Hana Levi Julian

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz echoed a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday morning, vowing to hold Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “accountable” for the devastating missile attacks rained down on Israeli civilians. “We will exact the full price from the tyrants in Tehran,” Netanyahu vowed in response to the heavy barrage of Iranian missiles fired at Israel earlier in the day.

1 week ago | jewishpress.com | Hana Levi Julian

Soroka Medical Center is urging residents in southern Israel not to come to the hospital except for “life-threatening emergencies” after an Iranian ballistic missile attack damaged almost every building at the hospital. “This morning, Soroka Medical Center sustained a direct hit – an unprecedented attack in the history of Israel’s healthcare system.

1 week ago | jewishpress.com | Hana Levi Julian

Iran is escalating its bellicose rhetoric in an attempt to frighten Israelis into leaving the country. On Wednesday night, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement claiming Iran was opening “the gates of hell” upon Israelis. “You must either choose a slow death in the hellish life of shelters or save yourselves from the 24-hour missile barrage and flee the lands usurped by your ancestors as soon as possible so that you may survive,” the command of the IRGC warned.

1 week ago | jewishpress.com | Hana Levi Julian

Israeli forces have eliminated the commander of Hezbollah’s anti-tank unit and an artillery commander – both in southern Lebanon. Overnight Thursday, the IDF killed Mohammad Ahmad Khreiss, commander of the Iranian proxy’s anti-tank unit in Hezbollah’s Cheba’a outpost in the area of Nabatiyeh. During the war, Khreiss was behind numerous attacks against Israel. The Hezbollah commander led the anti-tank missile attack on Mount Dov, which resulted in the death of Sharif Suad on April 26, 2024.

1 week ago | jewishpress.com | Hana Levi Julian

Multiple reports indicate that China may have indirectly entered the Israel-Iran War on behalf of the Islamic Republic. Three cargo planes were sent from China to Iran within a three-day period beginning the day after the start of Operation Rising Lion, Israel’s attempt to dismantle Iran’s existential threat to the Jewish State.